High-current contact device and method of producing a high-current contact device

#This application claims the benefit of the filing date under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) of German Patent Application No. 102020116535.8, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.

#The present invention relates to a contact device and, more particularly, to a high-current contact device.

#German Patent Application no. DE 10 2016 107 401 A1 discloses a plug-in device insert, which contains contact elements such as, for example, contact pins for conducting an electric current. The contact elements contain a contact region, in which they make contact with complementary contact elements, and a connection region, in which a conductor is connected. The temperature of at least one contact element is detected in a measurement region located between the contact region and the connection region.

#The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying Figures, of which:

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a high-current contact device;

#FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the high-current contact device of FIG. 1;

#Reference is made to a coordinate system in the following figures. By way of example, the coordinate system is designed as a right-hand system and has an x axis (longitudinal direction), a y axis (transverse direction) and a z axis (vertical direction).

#FIG. 1 shows a first perspective illustration of a high-current contact device 10. The high-current contact device 10 has a contact housing 15, a first contact arrangement 20 with at least one first contact element 25, a circuit carrier 30 (obscured by other elements in FIG. 1) and a data contact arrangement 35 with at least one first data contact 40. The data contact arrangement 35 can also additionally have a second data contact 45. The high-current contact device 10 can also have a second contact arrangement 50 with at least one second contact element 55 designed for the transmission of electrical energy. In the embodiment, the first contact arrangement 20 is arranged offset in the z direction to the second contact arrangement 50. The data contact arrangement 35 is arranged next to the second contact arrangement 50 in the z direction opposite the first contact arrangement 20.

#In addition, the high-current contact device 10 has at least one data interface 60 laterally arranged. The data interface 60 can have a first data contact device 65 and a second data contact device 70, which are indicated in FIG. 1 by dashes and shown in greater detail in FIG. 2. The data interface 60 extends through the contact housing laterally in a plane inclined to the mating axis 110. As a result, the data interface 60 can be contacted particularly easily from outside. Furthermore, because the data interface 60 is guided laterally out of the contact housing 15, the data interface 60 can be sealed easily and a housing interior 100 can be protected against the ingress of corrosive media via the data interface 60.